Damien Molony

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Biography

Damien Molony is an Irish actor, mostly known for his television roles as Hal in BBC 'Being Human', DC Albert Flight in BBC 'Ripper Street' and DS Jack Weston in 'Suspects'. He grew up in Johnstown Bridge in Kildare, Ireland, but now lives in London, UK.

Damien attended Drama Centre London 2008-2011, graduating with a BA in acting. While at drama school he performed in several theatre productions and played the male lead in award winning film short 'When The Hurlburly's Done'. Read more...In 2012, Damien played the lead in National Theatre production 'Travelling Light', playing two characters, Motl Mendl and Nate, alongside Sir Antony Sher in a 5 month tour across the UK.

Other high profile theatre roles include Jason/Workman/Ray in Ander's Lustgarten's politically charged 'If You Don't Let Us Dream We, Won't Let You Sleep' at The Royal Court Theatre, London, 15 February - 9 March 2013 and more recently as Dan O'Brien and multiple roles alongside William Gaminara in 'The Body Of An American' at the Gate Theatre, London 6 January - 8 February and the Royal & Derngate 27 February - 8 March 2014.

It was announced in October 2014 that Damien is joining National Theatre production 'The Hard Problem', by Sir Tom Stoppard. The play will have a long run at the National Theatre 28 January - 17 May 2015 and will be broadcast live to cinemas across the world by NT Live 16 April 2015.

Damien's television slate grew when he joined the cast of Victorian BBC drama 'Ripper Street' in Series 2, as Irish Detective Constable Albert Flight. He appeared in 7 of 8 episodes, airing 4 November - 16 December 2013 on BBC One UK and 22 February - 12 April 2014 on BBC America, US. The drama is set in Whitechapel London, in the period immediately following the Jack the Ripper murders.

Molony then went on to his most recent television role as Detective Sergeant Jack Weston in innovative crime procedural 'Suspects'. Weston is described as having 'killer instinct', 'easy charm' and 'emotional intelligence'. The drama is shot in a documentary style, using fly-on-the-wall filming techniques and the actors improvise the dialogue based on a detailed plot description. Series 1 comprised 5 episodes, airing 12 February - 12 March 2014, series 2 comprised 4 episodes, airing 20 - 28 August 2014, Series 3 comprised 4 episodes, airing 13 -21 Januray 2015, on Channel 5 UK. Series 4 has been announced for summer 2015.

Damien has also been cast in new RTÉ TV drama 'Clean Break', playing character Danny Dempsey, due 2015.

2015 also sees Molony on the big screen three times, not only when 'The Hard Problem' is broadcast to cinemas across the world with National Theatre Live in April, but in two feature films: playing Ross in 'Kill Your Friends', adapted from the novel by John Niven set in the music industry in the Britpop era and playing Paddy in 'Tiger Raid' based on a tiger kidnapping and set in Iraq. Both movies are set for a 2015 release.

Damien has been announced as cast in new HBO pilot period drama 'The Devil You Know' playing Robert Putnam, alongside Eddie Izzard who plays his Father. The story is set in 17th century New England and focuses on the Salem witch trials.